Akira The Don, Dr. Jordan B. Peterson - You Should Be A Monster lyrics

I read this New Testament line decades ago
I could never understand it
The line is "The meek shall inherit
The Earth" and I thought
There's something wrong with that
That line it just doesn't make sense to me
Meek just doesn't seem to me
To be a moral virtue
Meek is not a good translation
What it means is this
Those who have swords and know
How to use them
But keep them sheathed will inherit the world
Will inherit the world
Those who have swords and know
How to usе them but keep them sheathеd
Will inherit the world

That's a big difference, it's so great
You should be a monster
You should be a monster
You know 'cause everyone says well
You should be
Harmless, virtuous you shouldn't do
Anyone any harm, you should sheath
Your competitive instinct, you shouldn't
Try to win, you don't
Wanna be too aggressive, you
Don't wanna be assertive
You wanna take a back seat and all of that
It’s like, no wrong
You should be a monster
You should be a monster an absolute monster
And then you should learn how to control it

Like is there something wrong
With being competitive?
There's nothing wrong with it
There's something wrong with cheating
There's something wrong with being a tyrant
There's something wrong with winning unfairly
All of those things are bad
But you don't want people to win?
What's the difference between trying
To win and striving
You wanna eradicate striving?
One definition of a winner is someone
Who never let losing stop them
Never, never let losing stop them
Never, never let losing stop them (Bucko)

You should be a monster
(You should be a monster
You should be a monster)
You should be a monster
(You should be a monster
You should be a monster)
You should be a monster
(You should be a monster
You should be a monster)

Life isn't a game it's a series of games
And the right ethic is to be the
Winner of the series of games
And part of that means, well
You have learn how to be a good loser
‘cause you're not gonna win every single game

You should be a monster
(You should be a monster
You should be a monster)
You should be a monster
(You should be a monster
You should be a monster)
You should be a monster
(You should be a monster
You should be a monster)

You can pick your level of
Competition like to some degree
So let's say you pick a level
Of competition where you're always winning
Well, all that means is you picked
The wrong level of competition
Let's say you're a grandmaster
Chess player and
All you do is play amateurs and
Every night you go home
And congratulate yourself
On what a genius you are
Because you just stomped these people left
Right and center
It's like you're not a genius
You're a dimwit
What you should be doing is playing
People who are beating you like
As much as you can tolerate
You wanna be on the edge
Where your skills are being developed
Where loss is always a possibility
Where loss is always a possibility

You should be a monster
(You should be a monster
You should be a monster)
You should be a monster
(You should be a monster
You should be a monster)
You should be a monster
(You should be a monster
You should be a monster)

You should be a monster
(You should be a monster
You should be a monster)
You should be a monster
(You should be a monster
You should be a monster)
You should be a monster
(You should be a monster
You should be a monster)